It was originally released for mobile phones in 2005, later being made available for iPhone and iPod Touch in 2009[2] and for iPad and Android OS in 2011.

This ties in with a bullying theme carried through High School story and their partnership with The Cybersmile Foundation.

Surviving High School was a choice-based visual novel with elements of Choose your Own Adventure and interactive fiction.

Prior to the September 2012 update, the game came with two free playable stories: "The Football Star" and "The New Girl".

The DS version of the game was referenced in the April 19th 2010 episode of Nintendo Week, where Allison goes to the roof after Dark Gary blows smelly smoke all over the studio.